Meet a Member: Curiosity lead to a career in CDI

December 12, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 246
Ask ACDIS, Education

Maria Gracia (GiGi) Donohue, BSN, RN, CCDS, is the CDI manager at Lakeland (Florida) Regional Health, and a member of the Florida ACDIS chapter...Read More »

Q&A: Monitoring additional documentation requests

December 11, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 245
Ask ACDIS, Denials & Appeals, Quality & Regulatory

Q: Do we need to monitor Medicare's additional documentation requests (ADR) as part of our denials...Read More »

Q&A: Finding the correct MS-DRG

December 6, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 56
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I’m new to CDI and am having trouble understanding how to find the correct MS-DRG for a...Read More »

Q&A: AKI’s relationship with cardiorenal syndrome

December 4, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 240
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: Is it possible for AKI to lead to or be caused by cardiorenal syndrome?Read More »

Q&A: Encephalopathy due to UTI versus metabolic encephalopathy due to UTI

November 29, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 55
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: We’re struggling with one particular aspect of encephalopathy. Coding Clinic...Read More »

Q&A: Reporting BMI in ICD-10-CM

November 27, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 235
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: Can an ICD-10-CM BMI code be used as a standalone code? If not, what documentation should we look...Read More »

Learning with ACDIS local chapters

November 21, 2018
Ask ACDIS, Education

With special guest Karen Elmore, RN, BSN, CCDS, documentation quality coordinator for BJC Healthcare in St. Louis, Missouri. Elmore serves on the ACDIS Chapter Advisory Board and...

Q&A: Coding and querying metabolic encephalopathy

November 15, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 54
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I would like to add encephalopathy due to UTI to our quick coding tips. Coding Clinic...Read More »

Q&A: Reporting CHF, ESRD with volume overload

November 8, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 53
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: We have a patient admitted with a history of CHF and ESRD who was admitted with...Read More »

Q&A: Setting expectations for denial management

November 6, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 220
Ask ACDIS, CDI Expansion, Denials & Appeals

Q: How can we develop clear expectations for our denial management program?Read More »

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